here is an example of SUBSTRING/REPLACE

CREATE TABLE #temp(stringRep VARCHAR(60))
INSERT INTO #temp(stringRep) VALUES('hazyCow')
INSERT INTO #temp(stringRep) VALUES('lazyCow')

DECLARE @startPos INT
SET @startPos = 2
UPDATE #temp SET stringRep = REPLACE(stringRep,SUBSTRING(stringRep, 2,
3),'zz')



SELECT * FROM #temp

DROP TABLE #temp

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"David Greenberg" <davidgr@iba.org.il> wrote in message
news:43E77029.9010301@iba.org.il...
> Hi
> I have a character field, varchar(60), and I want to replace only a part
> of it, a set substring which is always in the same set positions.
> Does anyone have an Sql statement or algorithm/sp that could do that
> with one call or run ?
> Thanks
> David
>